The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE THREE CENTS. a WHOLE NO. 10,080. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1864—WITH SUPPLEMENT. eration of steam is #0 sudden that the botler must get sudden relief to be saved; a boiler with a large surface is more liable to make water or foam than others; would not consider @ boiler subject to such changes @ why ebe did’nt bre away from the children and gave this troubie, THE CHENANGO DISASTER. IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Continuation of the Coroner's Investi- Dondred and votes under the heading ‘‘Work- eae are ee sk nlp ior ‘<seorge B. ‘MeClellan.” THE FAIR. The Missisetppt Valicy Fair. Last Francis Train visited the A Uniea efare va og, Seat va. vote for ‘McCiatan, | Two more great airs are to come of before the country gation. gaogs t about tares-cighte bore, it was bi good. working Mrs. General Grant Pays 9 Visit and | 2" doing 90, Dowever, be, ingu tums from thie plansant business of charity 10 whaawfe) | The Coroner's Jury met again yeaterday afterncen and Sond with the exception of ihe absence of mercury. | THE AFFAIR AT PLYMOUTH. pant as ng Borsa check, That jon. | S¥siness of fighting, which is soon to begin. Ovect tne | proceeded with the evidence, The following witnesses Brookiye, i cat cogineer to the United ‘aie neee, Votes for McClellan. wis shons lo recnire ‘smefanetout amount; tasty | A.commtien of well teva chiscus has vem erputsed | Uhvasatier nea easre nein rcodedeae= | Sart balers wn h'Tnir'eteti atu ot wel citizens take another week before tbe affair is concluded:— ere, in their uation and use oo Tate reat mn" hie ara | ere i ae, sk Lou erent bata | Que 8. Rn, renee at He a0 mon rw, | ty eaancrer icygenct geass | THE EVACUATION OF THE TOWN, Pa 7 remartuod th be would not put ee ee ©. wy wy Jes yer. In business 1% is one of the prinoipal | ww. y.; is a machinist and employed in the Morgen Iron the Sret siz moaths, on the Second tweaty.ove moa! aa ‘bout the | 2 would content timself by simply taking feeders who Bave | Works; @hevango | 00 the iast twen ; iced t 5 reat Excitement Al © | yore. - i sepinted im running the engine of the Hien ile teas te waahew tae pochdeces te hems have ninety-six hours; the boilers heki water very badly; ‘A TOUCHING INCIDENT—NATIE O'BRIEN VOTES FOR | ing to contribute relief, No noticed the Martin boiler to foam, but they are not more Sword. 5 WOLELLAN. om as the loyal States has fulfored 60 much trom tne | whey foanied considerabiy; at one time the pistos came | Hable to oom than other boilers; ll Doliers foam more A Rebel Ram Attacks Our lady correspondeat sends us am account avery ts- . les thousan: wounded 801 that or at times: are as safe under ordinary circum. tereating little fecideut which occurred 7 dur. | have boos Drought there frees: tbe grest battle Selde of | S2WS, 00 the water on te bottom of the oyiiader» 800 | Siscces an other boilers, capable of Delng supplied as fast Fleet. : ing the Voting. We give the story ta her own lapguage | the South and West, there have been teas of thot into the piston one-sixteen «= as avy other; while in charge of the Martin boiler ba’ “ Little Mac” 1,620 Ahead as follows:— Of refugees from 1hé. j, and from. further than we were able to do itim the ship; we com: | pad forty tants, ‘young men just entering the Night. od Tear rene Be Ae intone soem in comes | cen Sennettes and ihe. Lower Miesiasippl. | ths con mesoed running with open throttles, but I was oom- | service, ag third assistants, the wor ng Oe te a tittle child. by the band, - q to sbut off for my own safety, as she made 7 by ape ed ory Last Nigh set afate eat ane ve ae errs — CE Towle bave tataniedtbemeeiverby tage | Paid 10, maa? oa ated oh ae The Southfield and Another Gunbeat ee) eB A muaaen y are about to make a last effort for’ this object, we | ; apes nk, swered: “You had ‘the. Kindness the other day hope they will find many liberal friends om the road, ‘Do- | ‘With me said that, acoording to specifications, 1 wis Reperted Su @srangoments for Counting the | 7.25.) o°0", ations of money may be sent to Jobn P. Yelverton, Pre. |}. compeiled to rn, the Suge. TM ; ” Ty sident of the Bank of North America, 44 Wall areot, } 1 etated to hjm that J ehould use my own judgment ene ‘Wotes Zo-day. Te "b ode sn ackages to Meperg frau a Yor, 30 Ghd Medbdec ats iy isoud shaverhots thas twee, on tha’ otlp: : : , was in dre wi ime 1 was o ship; hy, street, who will torward theus to St. Louis. ia n-bandie to let off water in tho eyinder sn pari | Of, feamlng, je ao. nadue, relation of, the proswure, of DEATH OF LIBUT. COMMANDER FLUSSE! 5 is The Soldiers’ Home, f (a. Las Lb ne Lon pe a ee opinion i¢ that the Martin boiler, if made of proper mate. Henry Ward Beecher im His | winm the tile one's reath, and to my astonishment he TO THB spITOR oF THE BERALD, — / 7 eF could keep it down ob may watch abd | Gru. "would prefer it to aay bolle is Use; there ie ne dilte Commenced to write his namé on the last fine of the Momentum is a great thing io mature, politics, religion ‘un the boilers with safety; 1 never | £°) hal Te do mh teers 1 Expedition to Be Glo: Alter the first letter was written the book keeper said, “Come ° iJ i \w the handle spoke of rigged on any vessel before; | °” ity in staying these boilers; do not think that the juccessiu Pedition to aver ry, aud stand upoa th Fooly and T wilt held my hand for yours | and what Dot. Oooo get a thing going and it requires || Tame gue tie neiney cues fied; the pises.telluale | Dover exploded by foaming, jadgivg from the evidence Cc &, ae, oa, ‘ate Dibcim as" wall 'as havea and a'bat | f0F00 10 stop Ms fn fact, almont as mach ae oFigoally re |b wac at sro in tho scale tho mont pressure’ aver bad 08 | Heard tne safety of the Mertm tole quesuneds' vet reek, Bras oe Ree loro ticagh Giastoac cntan | RI 1 produce the motion. The, br « valnable anf | the baler wan ‘ory Younis, T comer 184 oeerows | ™Yanimer Kellogg aworaAm atiched tote Untied | ty ae, te Serene ik he wou i . States steamer brooklyn; am a chief engineer in the gestion hag been applied to our very grand and successful generosity effort in Fourteenth street and Union The time for which it was intended to bol Fair has three fourths expired, and it is now suggested in quarters entitling tbe proposition to consideration, to continue our charitable endeavors for a time longer, in order to create a portion of the fund required for build- sider myself competent to tell where my water is; be water down; I coneiger 0 foam, with my experi- ence, than apy oiber marine boiler; | think the water is more liable to be suddenly converted into steam and throws from its level in the Martin boiler than any other ‘The Fair was not 20 Jargely attended yesterday, not ‘withetanding the fact that the price ef admission was uty twenty-five cents, The lack of attendance was well ‘compensated for in the heavy sales which were made at ei) the stands. The ladies at Palace Garden disposed of United States navy; daring my experience as an en- gineer [ have had charge of the Martin boilers, with ample facilities to test their principle; on the San Ja. cinto we bad ove Martin and one English hori zntal Doiter; the two bad not much material difference ; under gome circumstances (the consumption of now mocent vote, than hi ed by all are. ist be it the votes that will be given by the Union League Club at the last moment to defeat him. HOW THE SWORD VOTB SWELLS THE INCOME. It should be stated in connection with this subject that ‘and | use all exerticn to gi the Martin boiler more lial Batemors, April 22, 1864, Special advices have been received from Norfolk, and state that the steamer Eliza Hancock arrived there yes- with bojlera Laving horizontal tubes, 1 think; have not seen the poiler since the explosion; | think the beating space inthe Murtin boiler is more than the water space will allow, drawing the ste.m #0 near {rom the surfuce of the water: (he foaming tukes place or commences at the crown shret; the most dangerous foaming commences wear way or the other. it 18 not uncommon to sees gen- | ing the proposed Soldiers’ Home. A Dill is now | Doller I bave haa avy experience with; some of the tubes | f.1e}) | would prefer the English boiler; there i te iy eighteen thousand dobiars) worth of thelr goods, | TOT. step up to tho book and do like Mr-Stoteon did'the | before “the “Legislature” ia Dehait of “this enver. | 18 this boiler a e-s0 placed na to rocelve the intensity of | Fiat ulference'ia their conecmption ot goal, the Londouey | “FAay from New Orleans, via Morehead Okty, where sho ud the operations at Union square were equally good in | other day—namely, write his name for ten votes tor Mc- | prise, and if the public ppinanifest a true, pe the tire, while othors are exhausted; this is not the case | of the Martin boller to foam, under my experience, was | was taken possession of for the purpose of bringtog im- in it, York can soon present to itssick apd» wounded, fenders an American Hotel des Invalides. Now Fair bas become a genuine success, it would be worse very trifling and very rarely; they are, when properly braced, as safe in the handsof an ordinary engineer aa ‘any other boller: 1 cage the water got a little below the water gauge | would feel safer with the Martin boiler groportion. MRS. GENERAL GRANT PAYS A VISIT. There were quite a number of distinguished peo- ple et the Pair yesterday, and among them was portant despatches to Genoral Butier, The captain reported that a rebel ram came duwn to within afew miles of Plymouth, N.@.,endon the 18th Clellan, and then follow with ten more tor Gro ‘Others the purpose of spond. the benevolent object of the to bay mone: aay visitors do not come articles exposed for sale, and only visit the Fair to spend the manner caloulat jo most the than the Englieh: the reason for my confttence is that are. thei i ted tod Dene aie ieee nen ee ee there is General Grant, who arrived at the Palace ir money in good. | large thing in charity. Dealers from cu are ua ‘© ig a bet:er circulation of water than in the English They. believe very correctly that the fund will be in | beginning to come in,each of whom will visit the there; if the foaming tock place in the Jthink it | or pome other styles of Ddollors; the generation | instant attacked our floet, aod sunk the Southfield aod Garden building carly in the forenoon, accom: | Srs%sea more by leaving those to make purchases wlo 14 ‘give Lis donation towards ¢he proposed bulld- | Would have a tendency torise, the heavy Bu maa cham tn tome op trough tee -tcnee caer ha below. 5 Joseph Belknap sworn—Reside in 156 West Twelfth street, New York; am an engineer; examined the engine nd boiiere of the Chenango on the'20th inst.; the sige of the boiler is about sixteen feet one way cod ten fect the one other gunboat, name unknown. The greatest auxiety existed at Plymouth, and it ie Probably evacuated and half destroyed ere this. panied by Col. Hillyer and lady, The fact wag im- mediately commanicated to Mr. David L. Elder, chief clerk of the Execusive Committee, who took the party in not those who do THE VOTE LAST NIGHT. At the close of the polls last night the vote stood as not stand in Baturally carries the water up into it slowly, therefore coveriny the tube sheets; whereas, in the English boiler, if the water got below the fire ‘tubes 1 would not {eel quite #0 safe, I witnessed a trial of economical results Feally want articles, need of them. Nationa) Sailors’ Fair. In view of the gigantic and noble efforts of the Sanitary @harge end escorted them through the various depart ows met monte, The first place visited was the Curiosity Shop. Mec Commission m ld ofthe aciternt our conatry—in thi | other; she nnjaber o pjuare inches a he baller, aasnowa my. npreaera 2° Hot Femember the exact result but | 1 wag thought that General Peck would bo fully able Grant her hour of peril, it bas been thought by some that the | by the drawing (ox! La wiper pee tay » ier; 1 was not acquainted with Mr. Cabill profession- Mars. General McDowell was in charge of this interesting | Scatter Ret y 23,040; did not notice the cumber of stays in t Slips commbder the tron ha eeeation be Paeapea to hola Newborn. claims to sympatby and support of an equally deserving Glnss—viz: the sailors of our naval and mercbant service have been too little remembered. It is therefure pro posed to make an effort in their behalt, by providing pereeeinged arta ip addition vo he wi ame im may added flection that their valuable gdm othe 7 ae @epartment, and was duly introduced to Mrs. Grant. ter a fow moments conversation the two ladies discover. 4 that they were old friends, having met many years ago in Troy. Their interview was exceedingly cordial end intimate, though very brief. Mrs. Grant was next ‘The further investigation of the case was adjourned until Monday at 3 P.M. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Wasmxcton, April 22, 1864. The following information was received here today concerning the recent disaster at Plymouth, N. C.:— Arebel ram came down the river about three o'clock ing a pressure of 21,000 pounds; would suspen 21,000 pounds on the brace shown, but would not like to trust it in a boiler, because the braces would not all drs alike; more str.in would come on one than another; boilers are usually braced from 36 to 100 and 144 fiat surface, THE NAVAL SWORD. During the Fair there has been but little or no excite- ment about the aval sword. Up to lastnight the vole country are ” taken tothe room of the Iadies’ Executive Committee, | $100d a8 follows: appreciated by a grateful community, who are disposcd | to sustain the different pressures; angle iron would Mr. Finley Anderson's Despatch. where she was introduced to a number of the | puzagut a: this way to express tneie tnterest ib their weitare, help tostay it, oF T iron on the sidea: the T inn atown ARMY OF THE Poromac, April 22, 1864. | 00 Mcnday morning. She floated down with the current, £ ce wi is bal a very bear t va a ladies woo happened to be prevent. She expressed | Dupont. < palate erate pcg ce ee ht a pal | lglg coer rm earner erseeriemnelirieg PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN, and was not discovered until close under tho bows of the sheet, almost tweuty-two fe Bail in question would be apt ring with the pressure at forty-five pounds without the braces; the rai) being elastic and the brace non elastic, the strain would not entirely come upon the brace, the two combined forming @ stronger braco than either would ly; find. in draw- fog, eight for stays to be pl in front of the wise, which would 25 wefe a number of scattering votes; but the entire vote will scarcely reach five hundred. As will be seen above, Farragut 1s the leader ia the contest. His ma- jority over Rowan last night was one bundred and six. THE PLAN OF VOTING FOR TO-DAY ARRANGED The Army of the Potomac is actively engaged in per fec'ing the preparations necessary to insure its success in the campaign in which it is expected to play such an important part during the prosent spring and the ensuing summer. All the commanders tako advantage of every @ wish to remain incog. as much as possible, and desired to have some person wel! acquainted with the geography ef the place detailed to point out to her all the objects of Interest. Mr. Elder volunteered to perform that duty, and ted ber down stairs to the room of the Arms.and Tro Miami. Lieutenant Commander Flusser rushed forward, sighted and fired the bow gun, loaded witb sbell, which struck the ram, rebounded, and instantly killed bi, @ ‘Contributions can be sent piece of the shell penetrating bis broast. ie interceti ‘conducted by a Jobn A. Bates, 96 | builer,and the same number phies. ene ing Re ry insaneenret- eter hae aer ata a ch street, Ch oro, Mage ; Mra, Tiles {cnunede aiean te toee two. tugs instead fine day to drill their new recruits, The new troops are The ram then attacked the Southfield, and she sank in ee ey me rs fact, the roots, | whicli 190 res fairness and im. | Dert, 100 Chelsea street, Charlestown, Macs.; Mrs. Com: | of ainty-fonr, after a test of sixty” pounds it 1 | fast becoming accustomed to the evolutions of theline | 4. sauce, rhe Miami was somewbat iajored. ould eot be inappropriately ied if ft were called | partiality. The Arms and Trophies Committee will take | modore es, Mt. Vernon street, Charlestown, | Got possible to explode a _ Dol witb less | ad the different duties of the soldier. , the department of the generals’ wives. Mrs. General | 80 part in Spaiding the question, but have selected, as | Mrs. Peter Hubbell, Monument equare, Charlestown, | some change has been mate; it is possible for a REVIEWS OF THE TROOPS. ‘The ram passed the guns at Plymouth without being MeCiellap, Mrs. General » Mrs. General Viele, | stated yesterday, a highly respectable committee of Mass. JOHN A. BATES, Paymaster U. 8. N., change to tuke place, as in putting @ hydraulic pressure tied i f | ‘Mrs. Genéral Baird and Mrs. Dodge may be men: | tlemen, who will have the entire examioation ‘de- easurer, Navy Yard, Boston. on a boiler; as it only remains on a moment, ft may veral commands have been recently reviewed. Gen. | discovered. She is one hundred and fifty feet long, ‘tloned among these Iadies, At the time of Mrs. Grant’s | cision of the ‘This special committee is to be Mrs. S. T. Hoorme, Secretary, 94 Shawmut av., Boston, | strain something which may give way at some ovber | Hancock has just completed a review by divisions of all draws about eight feet of water, and carries only two ‘small guns. composed of the following gontiemea:— Witson G. Hunt, Wm. H. Webb, Wm. Kemble, J. But- ler Wright and Judge Charles P. Daly. After two o’clock this a'ternoon the the troops in hie fine command, c'osing with # careful in- ‘spection of the artillery, under command of Col Tidball. General Sheridan bas been reviewing the different divi- of the boiler, as the iron is capable of a certuin degree of elasticity without fracture; the elasticity of the bar INTERESTING FROM FLORIDA. Our Newbern Correspondence. de closed, and thereafter subscr! it sik wid oom pra ay ete S mila ih trace ioe tamu aw | won ari arty cng, Oavng Yorn reviewed the Newnen M6 Ae 04 The ae vaung. pti Ate the exciting contest | ‘Bey will be opened and counted by the special commit- ler and detached some of the braces, and, neglecting | Second division, General Gregg commanding. He pro ‘A detachment of the Twelfth New York Cavalry, under about the sword was progressing. was pointed out to ber | tc, Jt 18 expected that tbe opening and counting will | Destruction of the Steamer General | %, sust them, the explosion resuited in conse. | eceded to the vicinity of Culpepper yesterday, where be | the command of Captain Frank Meyers, yeaterday drove by some of her ‘she d to be amused | ‘Ke Pluce publicly, and it would be well to have the quence; have not examined the interior of the | roviewed the First division, to the command of which . - mh aa Ghat tata of "tas oteonn ‘enterprise polls for this day removed to some suitable place in the Poller; if on examination found that opinion erroneous, le in the enemy’s pickets at Boaver Creek, fifteen miles very main ball, where there will be pleuty of room to move Hunter by a Torpedo. 1 could only say that I think there was too great a pres- | General Dorbett has been recently assigned. The division | trom Kinston, N. C.,and destroyed @ good sized cotton wees Oe with lnteroat, The room was quite | around and breathe freely. ‘The Arms and Trophies room y rp sure on the boiler; there ie notbing on the brace shown | was formed in lines by brigade. It was an imposing spec. vital vet coined object of Crymded at tho time, and the spectators watched {be | will be eatirely too small to accommodate the rush, that would indicate that excessive heat bad been applied; | tacte 10 see so many horse disposed. Mm order of battleon | mils red with a large amount oF , 'y Leh men Hanes fe iy. her approach the, ‘The committee consider that the sealed if the brace bad been heated it would show it in some the expedition was accomplished without any loss. a socre Get ta ng ber ‘aporas tions will epable every one to vote who ms: EVACUATION OF PILATKA, | ‘ate? romthe water being low in the boiler; this brace the field. General Sheridan rode along the lines, carefully — Saeed Sl crpssehach were net take bese is teatoae desire to, do 90 todar, before eight P.M. | dogs not show that appearance; have. given ‘the plan of | observing the condition of the men and horses.” He then Gloomy Prospects for the Rebe Brees Tee restalees were yet 1 cr merne aenrones | With, the old system they fear one man might den tee ais the Martin boiler conalderable study; have superintended | took up bis position on an adjacent hill,and the cavalry, | The despatch steamer from Roanoke Island brings beard any opinions expreased as against the safety th ayajl bingelf of @ favorable Shcatenas eet ar en apd poe Foomrmn B. MeOlelian. The epectators took @ | the copa thus exclod. the | wheeling by division to the right, marchea past in solid | North Carolina news to the 17th inst. breath and felt much easier, The incident created Leven 4 : sensation talked ing all who might be waiting to subscribe equally large Martin boilers; I regard them as safe es any other if they | column. The Governor's Council, which bad convened in Ra- By the vino vere oF the Fest of tbe xy | amounts, dan cab agi deiidois Fee ee Oe ee eee ott a ne rerertureee the sbel | _ Ceveral Sheridan was surrounded by a brilliant array | Joigh; declined calling the Legislature together in ex- ee een cg we Solent ped Tee Union. equare bulldog was very bara patron ee reverses Has, noe p Fa oe Gee ine af, cated |B ccasdggnngy cordacnas Warren, Wadsworth and | tra session, fearing 1t would array the State against the whieh tbe Yestaarant was hire. Grant and her Of the publicechools tan mmsaeacan ns Fevany Arar oat On Thursday last, the 14th inst., Pilatke was evscu aren the “ ‘she ‘of inva Bow abows ae port pers ge uote s brigade sae fellowes. hs she So eoefederacy. friende of dinner here, and ery ee ‘Twenty secood wards visited the juvenile department | ated by our troops, and everything of value carried of. ion « Doiler of the Dae en tae command vens, Third, or re- ‘The Henderson (North Carolina) Times, publiebed ta the tour ee Ne py the Fatty Go. aad exlegsd tnemselpe in toa mest bearly manson. fron; also the fron of the braces is ; 40 not gular brigade, under General Morritt, the Horse artillery, | western part of the State, advises the people ja that sec- companion Uy Mr. Wes, Kousbip and ne rentlo, | "There fe one feature of the Union equare building which desaal sanity Ci) ess angp ed * rab kal an, the ézplosion was caused by e defective sheet of iron, if | under Lieutenant Williston, bringing up the rear. tion to keep out of the Confeferate army, and remain at aan yo the salve — a bave escaped attention altogether thus far. We pats igre sas genes iy ean ville, Edwin ot ‘sworn—Reside at 197 Schermerhoro The troops presented a fine appearance, and elicited the | home and dofena themselves, THE SWORD TOURNAMEN: ante SAWNER, THE MUSICAL CONTRABAND, + pce : in force, Mi Stevens’ com. | Steet; am an eogineer by profession; am not at present | admiration of their new commander ‘The Raleigh Progress says the people are being starved 4s wo predicted in our account of the Fair proceedings | who bas been coutributing a very heavy quota’ to the | There the enemy wore ae Soperintendent of the Morgan iron, Works, New York: by the notels at fifty dollars day, aud shat many of tbe yesterday, the excitement respecting the army eword | cqyoyment aad amusement ot visitors. “Sawnce, trom | "and consisted of his battalion, a section of James’ | bad nothing to do with the construct ways epreigtettiryre cnt oee Fay ey somes ost families are on half rations. contest excelled anything yet witnessed. s hig pecultar taleots, has acquired the oickname of the | Rhode Island battery, and Captain Shaw's om | the Chenango: examined it since tbe explosion: noticed Courrrer, Va., April 22, 1864, tas Wedd Hianer was ‘were besieged with people, and an interesting battle was | «Human .” He bas taken up his quarters under | pany of the One Hundred and Fifteenth New | ihe, tract pay better tome generally pohly CAVALRY HORSES RETURNED FOR SERVICE. aa asington eee gloomy at the prospects of aaceaiieg te aur wil “y York mounted troops. It encountered the rebel | ers; examined ey fracture; did “aot eo, any | Captain C. E. Norris, of the Second United States caval basekh carly bebo miecanies! aa becag dni fron tbat ry fective; appen detailed to inspect horses . Paes Ryd roa pickets Between Eight and Nine Mile bummocks, or | Fracture from the rivets: did not see the mercury, but | 122mo nus we trae and return government | | ssea1 hundred of the Springfeld rifles are manufactered ine subject of the art swamp, @ few miles out of Pilatka, and engaged them! | examined the tell tale; the mercury would blow out at ech hesaied £0 she: Grartormentente Deghte:| | OO comsew there fer the rebel aereien potioeman, selected sharply. As they fell back and increased their numbers | fifty pounds pressure; if the mercury bad blown out at | ment, bas returned one thousand good cavalry horses 7 a . city, acted as a sort James’ guns were brought into piay, and the enemy | “ty Leo the neenime aor — Ko ood ex- | within four weeks. Governor Vance and Mr. Holden, the two candidates U notice; iffier - Sous treated to a vigorous shelling, which induced them to | Rirctner the explosion. vocurred: at a less pressure thay ‘TRANSFER OF SEAMEN FROM THE ARMY TO THR NAVY. pain pylons sida hesseemahetrmeedhar be arch” and “balt?—in fail back upon their reserves. Major Stevens secured a | fity pounds: no person could tell, under certain conditions | Captain Rodenbaugh, of the Second United seates | “Toe Siem i Mok tmaalone tae crowd laughed and joked, and bantered and crushed. | Ajrondy ho can play on several instruments: but Saw. | good position, and had quite a brisk little engagement | & ‘he boiler, what length of time it might take to generate | cavalry, went to Washington to-day, in charge of twenty agate hinaatriesmqelrstir wscts7 began The policemen entreated, and coaxed, and thr teat art is the production of asound like that ot | with the rebels, entertaining them while Colonel | ® Pressure sufficient to exploce a boiler before that pres. ae have been sailors and the rebel press that the assassination of General Butler whenever the crowd became too dense ai le. | te “arayeuedy and cf sweet flute combined, “these | Barton was embarking his men abd. material | Svre could reach the mercury gauge; it would take conside. | ™en who have been sai are Dow desirous to €x- | 16 aecided upon, eays that {rom his blood would sprig But the result was uniformly the same in every instance. | sounds come from the mouth without a motion of the | on. the steamers Dictator, Delaware, Mary Benton and rable time te raise the pressure from Afty to sixty pounds | change their positions in the army for sienilar ones in the | oy oon men, who would wipe out the last ywen- ‘The throng won the victory, and Metropolitan peck- | tips, as though unseen pipes, valves and keys were con. | General Hunter. Everything was safely placed on sbip- | 6° that tt would be ated on the gauge; do not think | navy, " eved bis authority and indignation, resigning bimeelf to | trojlea by unseen fingers. In other words, be is a living | board, and at the time Major Stevens’ command | that the boller exploded under a less pressure than sixty tige of the rebellion. Thus would his violent death be eh ane 8 phil ae walking musical machine He ale» sings and dances in | was broaght ts, and embarked un ler the guns of the oe egg reer ey ack wpe lpn coy sade a 4 Oar Alexandr! most fearfally avenged. wes val Prevail ry inia style, tawa tenant Commander Breese, an armed tug | re y thing passed off in the ¢ manner." "Eiwnee. is th orphan, aod Mr. Criswell has been ap- | Harriet A. Weed, belonging to the army. A portion ot | boller: my Impression is that it must bave been some { exer TERRA, Apel 23, 1864, The euomy are aroertained to be ta force in front of Te \s impossible to convey to our readers anything like inted his guardian. Everybody should see Sawnee, and | the provisions was landed at Picolata. The transports | thing extraor me | bey gh = « arty be yeep be eat—twest? oF Mossr’s carturED. | Plymouth, with the determination of attempting the cap- scenes which occurred around F Sawuee and patronize Sawnee. arrived at Jacksonville in safety. bt Aya tg Man the vabe bor tostenl ct ine Tina | A few days since reports were received at Genoral | ture of the place, in order that their iron clad ram on tho * DESTRUCTION OF THE STEAMER GEN, HUNTER BY A TORPEDO. On the 15th th: amers Cosmopoliton and Gen. Hunter were sent to Picolata to bring down the provisons left there wget nag day. The steamers wore londed and wn the river towards their destination. Tyler’s headquarters, at Fairfax, that an organized body of rebel guerillas were marauding in the neigborhood of Leesburg, and the Fourth Detaware infantry and detach- ments from the Thirteenth and Sixteenth New York and Roanoke may enter the Sounds, and thus obtain posses- sion of the ialand waters of North Carolina, Guns were heard at Roanoke Island, and it was reported that the battle had commenced. BEKCHEK IN HIS GLORY. Sawnee bas bad caresses aod petting [rom some of the reat folks of the town airesdy. Over in the Union equare lding Hoary Ward Beecher fell in with the interesting ttle contraband, and fell ia love with him, orator | the strength of the single lug was anticipated to witb- stand a much greater pressure than that supposed wo be on the boiler ander ordinary circumstances; [ think that the section of jroo left in the lug, being one inch by fiveeighths, that {ts breaking weight could , particularly aur. = ing confusion of vote stood was ole. " The Cosmopolitan came thi h safely; bat the Gen. a now!’ was beard every second. ~ € yng 9 4, eye » SS arms ocr. ne Hunters _ paseieg Dackio"s Ei af, About tweive miles | Bot be tees, Suan forty thousand pounds, being equal to | the Second Massachusetts cavalry wae despatched in Toe poll clerk's answer was ususlly very short and Fons pat bis hand my Sesathencoees ata tows above Jacksonville, encountered a’ torpedo, which ex. | S!xty-four Tholsand ponds per square inch; on Monday. & | quest of them. Tho expedition scoured the country in the News from Chattanooga, such as “Impossible to tell now, sir)” “Can't | forth » two dollar greenback which he bestowed upon big | ploded under ber bow and blew the forward part of the ' - vicinity of Leesburg, having been entirely successful. Cuattawooga, April 21, 1864, the ehip was ail right; I think the Martin boiler @ safe boiler; do not think it as safe asa cylinder boiler; the engineers baving the Martin boiler in charge have found fault with them in regard to foaming; the general opinion of the Martin boilers is that they hull to fragments She sunk in less than three minutos, he said everythin, carrying down with her the quartermaster at the wheel, who was undoubtedly injured by the explosion, and a beavy load of commissary and quartermaster’s stores, sweet little nigger-de wigger-dee. He even went around with tne hat and collected quite a pile wherewith to polish up the pipes of the “he mau organ."’ Sawnee made band- somely by the operation, and went away in the evening The enterprise resulted in the capture of twenty-one rebels of Colonel Mosby's command, twenty-five head of fine beef cattle, which were found in possession of the Colonel T. J. Morgan, of the Fourteenth colored regi- ment, bas been authorized to organize a brigade of colored troope. The nucleus of two new regiments is formed, and ebru “Tiwny ‘don’t you put up a bulletin and let the people Know ?’ some person in crowd would exclaim. “Put op & bulletin! How can we, while the vatere ‘tre so thick?’ would be the of the clerk. “Well, but you can giveas an idea of how the vote | e0lcing. pS ERT ES ibe excoption ofthe man ia the pilot house, took vo dueie | am more oF lesa; Mr. Cabill was consilored & careful | rebel band, and tbree deserters from our own army. Two | recruiting is progressing favorably. There are now six ns as ‘ abe : meme appears’ to Ge about an even thing—HcCrelian | , The entire receipla up to last nighi for beth buildings | Boats and reached Jacksonville safely, but in thelr night | "99 smith Mf, ., naval surgeon in charge of naval | Or 16 deserters were trom Counestiout regiments and | colored regiments ia tbie department, rather abesd if anything,”” responds the poll clerk. are $962,827 30. The General Hunter was a river steamer, built by | bosvital, teatified that up to this date twonty-tix persons { 006 from ts a News from California and Ch ‘A shout of ‘three cheers’? would follow this aunounce. THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. Captain DeGroot for some party who sells sieamors to | bave died from the effects of the explosion of the boiler | vania infantry. Two of the rebels were officers of Ash- cClellan exchange con ‘The Executive Committees hold a joiut session at noon the Chenango: died from scaids and the inhalation of y SAN FRANCISCO SHIPPING NEWS—MAJOR RDON reat ek cach oiher. A Tow: moments iver. | yesterday, and took the subject of establishing « Sot Lechtes (or prob the Conteatioeneis wan’ tonabs vy, | ett: : by's.cld command, who, being home on furlough, were | "“ancmina ON HONG CHOW—JAPANBER AMBAGGA- io w ‘Jous apectator, the cierk } diers’ Home into consideration, A deputation from the thi pro! for $82,000, and was tally designed Nienry Hoffman, master boiler maker, sworn.—Testificd | indulging ina bit Of private warfare on their own book. DORS EN ROUTE FOR EUROPE, ETC. ‘That “Grant was rather leading if any. | Sanitary Commission was in attendance and-took part in fagenip for Major Footer, chen corm. | that he made a partial examination of the damaged boil. | Our loss was one man ixilled and two wounded. Say F Aprit 21, 1966. thing,’ and this would bring out an ¢: jon of Grant . The idea of @ Soldiers’ Home met with riment, On the way down | &F: "as present when the piece taken from it was tested; m EWS rook run reonr. Se eee bc ge entbusiaem. One could not move @ foot without over: Some who opposed it—on ind was’ badly used ‘up, | it was a fair ssmple of the iron used for, purpose: am exoepe cane | _.A27tv04, OPE Cottierine from shag Reng, wih. ego Dearing curious conversation. A sketch of one of red. A committee was ap | Tncie Sam pata $10,000 to repair her, and she floally | ‘id not notice any tron on the entire surfac¥ of the boiler | The news from the Army an are million pounds of sugar for San Francisco refinery; ships the coutabs wil! not be out of place, and thus it is:— leading members of the Sani | reached this port. As the ports in this department nap- { that was defective despatched by the regular Herat correspondents, 18 of | pesoiute, f Baltimore; St. Charles, from New York, tity Commission on the sub,ect, after which the meeting To the Jury—Witness had taken a leading part in con pene! to be om the coast, and only to be communicated structing many boilers, both marine and stationary; had 6 contraband character. and Guiding Star, from Boston, Salle, ship Robinson, down their money. That's just what we want—their | adjourned. ‘hie, 7 Pibeoriptions for tne soldiers. Bat won't get | INCIDENT AT THE UNION SQUARE BUILDING. —_| ot prove to beexMeUy tho boat bected. by tho Mijor | exsmived thie boiler RuMlctently to form an opinion ot to night, but untee the storm sball for Callao. the sword, for all that. TO THR EDITOR OF THR HERALD, General, He did not take her, but selected « more suia. | {0 workmanship and mechanical construction; it was a | Jt is raloing to night, but w m Prove Martiato qutet, McC.ELLANITR—That remains to be . The vote It 18 @ disagreeable fact that some of the chilaren of | pie craft. She is now destroyed ‘and a ti bly decent | fair sample of the Martin boiler used by the United Staves | to be a continued one !t will not necessarily Impede army ts not settied yet, and when it comes tothe biufl same, the public schools, for not being precisely im time, bave | poat iat to the government, If the United States desire | e°vernment; think It was sufficiently braced for the operations, China dates to February 23 have been received, Major fas We pd my Seay BL are eg we date b teenic: (itd (reine wara, | {2 PAY & round sum for pasteboard boats, and to have Pe aor lepiren iy | Seep ayy viva we oper AN IMAGINARY REVIEW, Gordon had marched to attack Hong Chow. more green! pare ra * 7 reckon: with five hundred scl was refused adwaiesion be: | (emused upatan early dey, let them duplicate the | ie or bracing a. ‘boiler of this form | The Wasbington telegram to tbe Northern papers, that | The body guard of the Governor General had been Gnawrit.—Hal ha! ba! All right, my good fellow, cause he was a minute too late. He was told to como ‘The spot where the General Hunter was lost is oniy a | 18 tO combine the T iron with the rigid brace | the Second corpse was reviewed by Generals Grant and causing trouble again at Canton. Time wil tell everything. No use to get into @ buffer | early this morning and he should be admitted. It was | short distance from the wreck of Ibe Maple Leaf, sunk by | (° depend upon the two jointly to eustain it; had been | sends on the 2ist inst., was purely imaginary. Tho ree | Two Japanose ambassadors bad arrived at Shanghae for om the subject. I’m content towait for the result until | just about eleven o'clock this morning when ‘a torpedo @ short time since. Out of the eight torpedoes employed upon boilers of a similar form, and did not bd im Eu to-morrow evening. : be made Ris eppecrence — nae rene Cematiy of Nittle P ated by the rebel neat Buckle’s Blatt iwo were ef, | coneider the bracing used sufficient; would put the braces | view, as 8 corpe, has not yet taken place, but will very rope. —| 3 4 y eyes and su , : ‘MCLELLAmTE.- ‘am 1; bat don’t be quite eo certain | ones, whore beaming eyes and suffu cheeks indicated | fective, on a flat surface every ten inches square—not lees than | goon, Grayn Mostany Bart at Tm Acapeuy.—The military fourteen or fifteen inches aj | etrensthened with the Tiron; ¢ if the surface was 1¢ others are supposed to be in our bands. bie shell of the Chenango's their anxiety and hurry. Orders bad been given by the DESERTRRS SHOT. Two deserters, named Henry Schumaker, Company count your chickens before they’re oC ee executive geutioman assuming to exercise control of tbe a game. Baiebea js an Old saying and @ true one. iThe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. end civic ball to be given at the Academy of Music on building that no more children could come in. It was at Y boilersjwas five sixteenths of an inch thick; the explosion, Md., April 22, 1864. N. Y., for HE ARMY GORS STRONG FOR M’CLFLLAN. the Children’s Department, and Mrs to C, and Henry Stork, Company F, Sixth Connecticut Volun. 4 » opinion, Sp a dokcloncy ca wat Pornt ov Rooks, Md., April 22, Monday, by the Twelfth regiment N. G. 3. N. Y,, for the ae pie tay were “al etineay. exception | peated to by tho teacher. fe said be coula aot get there | Lenr®, wore ahot nar Gar. Gene eoisero comers | b the boller, which Nictclency sat Zaused by haming. | Recent reports to the effect that the rebels are in force | relief of the widows and orphana of deceased New York for MUlelinn, “he soldiers of the Fortieth regiment, | S00ner, and the children could not be dis ted: they | and firmness, In tho presence ot ail the troops at this | Frank J., Ball sworn:—Rawides at 227 sixth aveane: | fn the ehenandoah valley oF elsewhere, in the vicinity of | soldiers, promises to be a grand fair. Irviog Hall has Rew York Vi Seaton eighty-one dollars, throughs |+ed slotted on tall wluter, bad & fund Ch meses more pot. A third culprit, sentenced by the same court mar. | ‘Ok the indicator # Of the Chenango boiler while | the paitimore and Ohio Railroad, are without whe slight- | also been engaged for tho ball, and it will be connected he editor of thie paper, to be registered for ++Little Mac.” | than equivalent to hele y bad been | tial, escaped the same fate by a clerical error. His name | running ninety-s ra; the pressure on the cylinder disses tenth a Gab Acadbeng by tonene of & obytt0S abe Ohad brant this subscrip- | S8ving to give to the Fair,and it would al break | was epelt “Hoffmann” {0 the records of the court martial | Was nineteen pounds, and on the boiler twenty-six pounds; | est foundation in trath. . y by ‘The following ts the letter accompanying this subscrp- | their hearts to be rolused again. “Cartalaiy,” said Mra. | Coat Geeta carrying out the sentence; but fortunately | tbe engines worked ‘well most of the requently - lar to that used on the occesion of the famous Ressien “ Recrwent N.Y. ¥. C.,you may come into this iment, even if you | for him his name on the ‘polls waa spelt | heard the piston strike the water: very fow naval en- News from Fortress Momree, ball. The band in the Aendemy le to consist of one huo- Va., april 19, Tey} | can't go anywhere cise. This is “Roofan.” No Hoffmann wae , and it was not | gipeers were present during the trial; not see the Fortress Moxron, April 21, 1864, ered moe ow perely. 4 i, Will close the doors leading ous of thle room, and pobod, Just to shoot Hoofan in his stead. So Hoofan | bvilers tested. ‘A Richmond spy was captured on the 18th, noar Kast- pieces. objec charitable one, of gh -one doltars | can complain, and you may come fa, every one of govs ‘80 far as the first trial is concerned. Jobn Dolan, sworn—Resides in North second, near on bis per- | 8 ©xpected that there will be a great rush for tickets, votes is favor General | she r t to. the ‘ 7 Second street, Brooklyn; 18 @ boiler maker; boarded the | Ville. Quite a number of letters were found per’ | stajor BM Diz'and in New Tank aay hick cibtion af the | the International Department. He revurned, Chenango and examined the ruptured boiler, as wells the | goo, fe was arrested with a revolver, @ slung abot and General George B. McClellan, Major Geveral ir city, Ww will please | vy, , the executive gentleman, told him he Cavairy for Hi: opportunities afforded perm: ; did not see any thing other distinguished gentlemen are on the committee, and the peresn yours, very ‘ang y ‘a knife. A quantity of small steel springs and fies were Wright) ‘Charge of the doors in the bai ‘the we that indicated bad irom; the ion in his opinion He of will spare no exertions to render (Be affair a complete gar Firat Company D, ‘could not be 7 Toon Aye nab. is sails to-morrow morn: | from the testimony, Was daased by scarcity of water in | found sewed in tbe lining of bis coat. was one Teocens. Tiebete wag bo bad $s Gh ine peihenpan Renee d 0 he im well,” said Mrs. C. quietly and with determt. Savaer tor companies the botier; would account for the coarenay & weaee reas three, One was shot and the other was closely pursued, ane on -~ The Tenth Voleatoors ovat ta twenty ad: | shat wot stop Vaca“ wil pay for wot uckets mses? ; Ua fuck dat ine ceiuent was compelled 10 Blow 10 | sag, according 0 x despatch received from Major White, | Se Tua ores Price Ave dalam admitting 8 gent ditional votes for ‘and ebe directed the ticket master to give each child's ere Foins in Court, seeders wire opsetd Peat eae ola ae meen the Provost Marsbal'at Kastville, would be captured or | ™*2 geet Tere Cae ‘The non-commissioned officers snd Of dhe | \icket, amd in the children came, that they need COURT OF COMMON the water found We level, the top of the tube | giied, The one captured is in close confinement in the | @ugolk Coumty Delegates to the Syra- Swaae eee two votes for | not harry, as other schools bad been obliged to do every Before Judge Brady, A, Ay my go water; think a miltary prison at this place. cuse Convention. were Mrgterers! ndividas! voters in uniform aleo ‘peutiomen prevent advanced about | APR 22.—-Guicepps Ippolito ve. Man Marelacly=TDe of diteresce Ia eatstrnetion, than’ oraioary | Fifty-three prisoners of war arrived from Polat Look. Reveaman, L. 1, Apeit M1, 1804. for We more extensive than any | out yeeterday, took the oath and are now employed @} The First Assembly district Convention of Suffollt i He 238 § i H i i i Fs: 4 Ea FS Fire in Concord, New Ye block was destroyed by fre eee cceupled by «number of ofices and stores, county, which met here on Tuceday of this week, elected ts Golegates to the State Convention at Syracase Messrs. Bee. R. Skioner, John Sherry and John C. Davis. A resolution requesting the delegation 10 support for pti rans acceler dar The Delaware and Raritan Bay Ratl- roa: beens beat 'c ibe upper | It was occupied ‘ -watet was blown ibrovg! New Hampshire ‘The lose has not been a ve i‘ In comrorm ot | Ue merauty nthe gg Nose ae tonto a mented” Ite upposed 1 be the WORE AH INERT | as aaa nha ene! Aa erento so scenes Code, place summons a hal ; 00 tale shou! lary. ‘State. Phy not MoCiel <a suffering and death the action. as cane woe rorerrea, by omaee to sudge have been at 0; the al ‘was, in the jadg ‘The loss on the building ie fifteen thousand dollars, take ato coaideratin tha railroad [Ay ‘action of ‘ vn y Allon, and some infereating developments of the gonten- | ment of the wtiness, a0 ioralivble that | which is insurea for five thousand. The New Hampshire | A resolution was eet aware ‘sd Raritan GO POR MCLELLAN, ons and strifes of the musical fraternity may be ex- | there was too much ao. the botler; ‘oo. | Bible Society lose Atveen huodred dollars; the the ar pledging al the resources of tbe At the Union square vot booth, dedicated to the Henry Hi. Morange for plajptid; Judab and Dick- | ticed nO defective iron; consequence of the great | office, eight 4 dollars; insured for three thousand. | Bay ibe ‘of tbe rebellion, MrmDY BOF, co RevErA) DOG ef Lhe DOV! wore iagoribed JP. Sang lady OF the Fxqguitiye Comamiigg aaked Min Tiova far qvoaant , mangunt surtagg io the Marin Dolley We Th giber lenge orp eovered by Insurance, atop Do err